Feb. 8, 2016 Nominations for 2016 Fisher humanitarian award due March 18 Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2016 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.Established in 1996 by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, the award is named in honor of Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher, both of whom contributed extensively
Feb. 8, 2016 Enlisted commissioning program 'intent to apply' due Feb. 12 - Eligible active duty enlisted Airmen interested in receiving a nursing commission through the Direct Enlisted Commissioning Program have until Feb. 12 to submit 'intent to apply' to the Air Force Personnel Center.The DEC program offers active duty enlisted personnel who have a bachelor's degree
Feb. 4, 2016 Officer developmental education application window opens Feb. 8 Eligible active duty officers can apply for intermediate and senior developmental education opportunities beginning in February.Officer nominations, with senior rater endorsements, will be accepted beginning Feb. 8 and are due to the Air Force Personnel Center no later than March 14."There are many
Feb. 3, 2016 Round two of time in grade, service points phase out Changes announced to the Weighted Airman Promotion System model in July 2014 included a reduction in the points associated with time in service and time in grade to place further emphasis on performance.The multipliers for calculating total time-in-grade and time-in-service points will be reduced
Feb. 2, 2016 AF announces year two adjustments to enlisted evaluations, promotions Incorporating various observations and assessments from the first year under the new enlisted evaluation and promotion systems, the Air Force is making several adjustments for year two to ease execution and strengthen processes.In 2015, the Air Force began execution of the new enlisted evaluation
Feb. 2, 2016 OPM offers limited enrollment period for new self-plus-one option Employees currently enrolled in self-and family coverage in the Federal Employees Health Benefits programs can change to the new self-plus-one option during the Office of Personnel Management limited enrollment period open now thru Feb. 29.The self-plus-one option allows enrollees to cover
Feb. 1, 2016 HYT extension for SrA-MSgt in 122 specialties Eligible senior airmen, staff sergeants, technical sergeants and master sergeants in 122 Air Force specialties can apply for a high year of tenure extension and, if approved will be able to extend between 12 and 24 months past their current HYT.Eligible Airmen who apply for an extension should be
Feb. 1, 2016 AF Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program list triples Air Force officials released details on the fiscal year 2016 Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program Feb. 1. This year's program, consisting of 117 Air Force specialties eligible to receive bonuses, is a substantial increase from the previous year's program where 40 Air Force specialty codes were
Jan. 27, 2016 2,098 selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel, major The 2015C Lieutenant Colonel Chaplain and Major Line of the Air Force and Chaplain Central Selection Boards selected 16 majors and 2,082 captains for promotion.To see the promotion lists, go to the Air Force Portal at https://my.af.mil and select the promotion link, or the officer promotion page on
Jan. 19, 2016 Warrior CARE event Jan. 19-22 on Randolph More than 120 wounded, ill or injured service men and women from across the nation are gathering here today through Jan. 22 for a Warrior CARE event.Warrior CARE events provide seriously wounded, ill and injured military members, veterans and their caregivers access to services such as caregiver